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In recent months, numerous clients have placed their trust in maconda's clear assessments and personal dedication, especially when it came to consumer goods & retail. For this, we would like to express our sincere gratitude! Below you will find a comprehensive overview of interesting projects as well as current activities that could be of use to you.

maconda always wants to stay up to date with the "state of the art". We attach great importance to a sound background of our consultants in the industries we focus on. This also applies to the multi-layered and dynamic packaging industry! Just recently, maconda again participated in a training seminar, this time at the renowned German Packaging Institute DVI. Against this background, we would like to report on current developments in the flexible packaging market in 2016 and beyond.

In recent years, maconda has been successfully involved in the lighting industry on several occasions. This included several CDDs as well as various consulting and implementation projects in retail, manufacturing, residential and object lighting. Our team has been involved in every stage of the value chain and therefore have an extensive network of industry insiders.

Commerce is about change - digitalization and technologization, informed and demanding consumers, new business models pose new challenges for the world of commerce. In the multi-layered and dynamic retail industry, which maconda focuses on, future-oriented, interlocked trade concepts are required, which are increasingly characterized by technological development. In February, maconda visited the leading trade fair for commerce technology in Europe, EuroCIS. The focus of this year's EuroCIS was on solutions that support retailers in implementing their omnichannel strategies, i.e. dialogue with customers across all channels. These include mobile solutions, for example for interacting with customers' smartphones or implementing mobile payment, but also topics such as business analytics, cloud technologies, RFID and self-checkout. These technologies are becoming increasingly important for trade organizations.

Extensive experience in the retail clothing trade, in the textile industry as well as a long-standing reputation in the preparation of commercial due diligences were the necessary ingredients for a renewed mandate of the long-established corporate investor NORD Holding to the maconda team. The focus was on the acquisition of Fritz Hiltl Hosenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG from Sulzbach-Rosenberg near Nuremberg.